Issue 2080, Nov 1, 2007

Theatre

The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?
Living Shadows—A Story of Mary Pickford
The Stone Face

Music Arts

Joyful noise on the Downtown Eastside
Lincoln Center group resurrects England's lost decades
Ensemble Clement Janequin

Visual Arts

Gathie Falk: Dreaming of Flying

Arts Notes

Notes from the arts world

Arts Choices

4 can't-miss arts events

Letters

Drug therapy a dated holdover or empowering?
STV is fair say Green leader and Fair Voting BC
Goofs will be goofs, despite communication
Empty boats in marina could help homeless

News Features

The financial/social benefits of campus business clubs
Provincial government fails learning-disabled kids
Capilano College's president argues Canada needs a federal postsecondary ministry
Liberals claim Blair Wilson's woes won't hurt party
Prof says politicians blinkered on peak oil
Changing Chinatown, changing Strathcona
First Nations divided over 2010 Olympic Games
Group RESP plans may not have your child's best interests at heart

Straight Talk

New West councillor reconsiders news-box ban
South Asians not yet on the slates for 2008 municipal election
Interim Green leader Christopher Bennett wooed NDP MLA Michael Sather
Queen Elizabeth tower grows even taller
Department of National Defence alludes to extent of propaganda efforts

Straight Issues

Are bigger convention centres better?
The Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre: A boondoggle in the making?

Commentary

Why former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano deserved to win $5 million

Sports

Vancouver Whitecaps hope David Beckham contest will bring out their best

Savage Love

Flaming five-year-old? And the pee-ful warrior...

Health Features

Coping with life after baby
Brander's remorse: what to do when your tattoo's appeal fades

Health Notes

Federal government asked to take leadership role in improving access to palliative care

Trigger Happy

BioWare's space opera Mass Effect blasts off

Travel Features

Italy in the fiery footsteps of a medieval countess

Outside

Four reasons to head to Salt Spring Island this rainy season

Fashion Plate

Sexy lashes: Shu Uemura makes feathery eye magic

Style Watch

WrongWroks designs revel in anime, Hello Kitty, and one-of-a-kind typos

Kool Thing

Third Floor floral bra

Chic of the Week

Curved nail-polish brushes from Maybelline

Dining Features

Pilot program brings cooking classes to one Vancouver school

Best Eating

Five Sails fly again: new food to match the heavenly views

Uncorked

Whisky cocktails even snobs will drink

Food of the Week

T-fal Vitacuisine steamer

Drink of the Week

Amarula Cream

Straight Goods

7 dining spots and food events

Book Reviews

My Lobotomy by Howard Dully and Charles Fleming
The Bone Sharps by Tim Bowling
The Book of Stanley by Todd Babiak

Movies Features

Bruce McDonald jazzes up simple adventure with The Tracey Fragments
Behind the scenes of the Vancouver Asian Film Fest
Jerry Seinfeld on Bee Movie
Palme-d'Or winner remembers life in Romania under Nicolae Ceausescu
Vince Vaughn gets his Claus into Christmas comedy

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood north

Movie Reviews

American Gangster
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Martian Child
Lars and the Real Girl
The 3 Little Pigs
Saw IV
Private Fears in Public Places
Dan in Real Life
The Bodybuilder and I
The Tracey Fragments

Television

What's new on DVD

DVD Releases

Music Features

Maroon 5 hits the sweet spot between money and mojo
The Locust finds new ways to make symponies of destruction
Dropkick Murphys' blood-and-blarney hits paydirt
Nova Scotia's Wintersleep gets a Snow Patrol vibe going
Federico Aubele links Alaska to Cape Horn with sophomore Panamericana
Ponys jump at the chance to ramp up the raw power
Party tracks not a priority for a refined Miguel Migs
Popa Chubby has a total boner for Jimi's deep shit
Nardwuar the Human Serviette grows up?

Local Motion

Beats Without Borders make responsible worldbeat

Concert Reviews

Sia adds Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill to her Zero 7 groove

Recordings

Blackout by Britney Spears
Into the Mouth of Bad(d)ness by Brown Brigade
Necessary Evil by Deborah Harry
Revival by John Fogerty

Music Notes

Notes from the music world

Music Choices

7 musical choices

Cartoons

The Midnight Inquirer
Straight Jab
Arnould
Red Meat
Tar Paper Town
Ernie Pook's Comeek
Everyday Things

Straight Choices

The frontline wisdom of Roméo Dallaire

Playlist

Top 50 albums of the week, Nov 1- 8, 2007

Pop Eye

Bruce Allen a man of the tasteless

Straight.com

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Holiday Makeover Contest

Feature Articles

Real Estate

How to house the poor and middle-class